BS EN IEC 62282-3-100:2020 - TC

What is BS EN IEC 62282‑3‑100 about? 

BS EN IEC 62282‑3‑100 is a safety standard that discusses the security of the stationary fuel cell modules and people dealing with the fuel cells. It gives guidelines about safety requirements and protective measures, type tests, routine tests as well as marking, labelling and packaging for estimating the factors for stationary fuel cell power systems safety.  

BS EN IEC 62282‑3‑100 applies to stationary packaged, self-contained fuel cell power systems or fuel cell power systems comprised of factory-matched packages of integrated systems which generate electricity through electrochemical reactions. 

BS EN IEC 62282‑3‑100 applies to systems intended for electrical connection to mains direct, with a transfer switch, or to a standalone power distribution system. It is also intended to provide AC or DC power, with or without the ability to recover useful heat. 

BS EN IEC 62282‑3‑100 is intended for operation on the input fuels such as natural gas and other methane-rich gases derived from renewable (biomass) or fossil fuel sources, fuels derived from oil refining, alcohols, esters, ethers, aldehydes, ketones, Fischer-Tropsch liquids, and other suitable hydrogen-rich organic compounds derived from renewable (biomass) or fossil fuel sources, hydrogen, gaseous mixtures containing hydrogen gas. 

Note 1: BS EN IEC 62282‑3‑100 does not cover micro fuel cell power systems, portable fuel cell power systems, propulsion fuel cell power systems. 

Note 2: BS EN IEC 62282‑3‑100 is applicable to stationary fuel cell power systems intended for indoor and outdoor commercial, industrial, and residential use in non-hazardous areas. 

Who is BS EN IEC 62282‑3‑100 for? 

BS EN IEC 62282‑3‑100 on stationary fuel cell power systems safety is useful for: 

• Manufacturers of fuel cell modules 
• Dealers and importers of fuel cell modules 
• Testing houses/ service providers for fuel cell modules 
• Developers and designers of fuel cell technologies 

Why should you use BS EN IEC 62282‑3‑100? 

A fuel cell power system or module is the complete set of components that integrate with the fuel cell stack so that electricity is produced. The fuel cell requires other systems to make it a complete power source, including air, fuel, and control systems. 

BS EN IEC 62282‑3‑100 contemplates all significant hazards, hazardous situations, and events, relevant to fuel cell power systems and gives safety requirements and protective measures to determine all the estimated risks which help you to reduce or eliminate the risks altogether. 

BS EN IEC 62282‑3‑100 gives you provisions for dealing with conditions that can be hazardous to persons and cause damage to the area around the fuel cell power system. It helps you in minimizing the residual risks. Thus, it ensures the overall safety of the stationary fuel cell power systems along with protecting the personnel dealing with fuel cell modules. 

What’s changed since the last update? 

BS EN IEC 62282‑3‑100:2020 supersedes BS EN IEC 62282‑3-100:2012, which is withdrawn. 

BS EN IEC 62282‑3‑100:2020 includes the following changes: 

• Recognition that fuel-carrying components qualified to leakage standards (soundness) need not be considered as potential flammable leak sources; 
• New Annex C for small power systems; and 
• Clarifications for numerous requirements and tests.